Picking up where we left off in Part 2, we reluctantly left Bahia Conception and headed south once again, towards Loreto. We were due for a grocery re-supply so that was the first stop. After picking up a few things we came out to see our truck in the final stages of being washed. This was a bit unexpected. The guy washing the truck named his price at $200. Eventually we ended up paying. That morning I was thinking we needed a wash, covered in mud from all the road puddles of the first few days. So, we had a clean truck, things could be worse. The next order of business was to finally get our hands on a fish taco. We were a week in to our trip and still hadn’t had one and we were feeling that was a bit pathetic. In our defense, we tried in a few spots, but most of the time we were camped remotely and in towns at sub optimal times. Anyhow, after a couple tries at some places that came highly recommended but were closed we wandered past El Zopilote Brewing and stopped in to find that taco. We could finally check that milestone off the list (though there were a lot more tacos in our future for this trip).
Loreto had a pretty interesting downtown core, much different than the other towns we’d been in to date. As far as towns went, I think Loreto was probably my favorite.
After spending a fair amount of time wandering the plaza of Loreto we were back on the Mex 1 and headed south again. Most of the day was behind us at this point so we found a beach with a great view and decided to stop for the night.
We were greeted the next morning with a stunning sunrise over the Sierra la Giganta, the high rocky range above camp.
We were on the road again, headed to La Paz and beyond. We had another successful taco stop at Tacos de Pescado y Camaron. When the locals are lined up on the sidewalk you know it’s going to be good.
We thought we’d head outside of La Paz to a beach past El Tecolote but upon arrival, the numerous large RV’s lining the beach let us know this was not the spot for us. Pulling into our backup spots in the village of La Ventana crowding was even worse. With daylight quickly fading along with our planned options we quickly headed out into the hills and hoped for the best. Many bumpy miles later we crested a hill, paralleled the Sea of Cortez and landed in a quiet cove on the water just about dusk. It was still light enough to see huge Mobula rays jumping clear out of the water, something I didn’t know was a real thing until I saw it. A spectacular way to end another day in Mexico.
And as spectacular as the evening was, the morning was even more amazing with another stellar sunrise.
After more casting, but no catching we decided this was as good a place as any to break out the snorkel gear. We spent the next hour or two being utterly amazed at all the fish off the shore around the rocks and reefs.
We captured quite a few of them on video and you can have a look in our Part 3 YouTube video of the trip posted below, and I highly recommend you give it a watch, and while you are watching please subscribe to our channel, we’d appreciate it.
With half the day gone we headed out. It turned out to be a long but uneventful day on the road. We passed through Cabo San Lucas and reached the southern tip of Baja, but didn’t get out of the truck as Cabo was crowded and full of tourists and traffic. We also passed through Todos Santos, and it didn’t seem to match the description we were given so we kept on moving, ending the day well after dark back in La Paz. If you have to travel after dark, which I don’t recommend in Baja, this was the stretch of road to do it. We were headed north from here on out, but with plans to see some sights we hadn’t seen on the trip south. The story concludes in part 4.
